Sewing and embroidering machine.



PATENTED MAY 21, 190?.

, T. ONEILL. SEWINGJAND EMBROIDERING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED 001. 15, 1906.

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- PATENTED MAY 21. 1907. v T. O'NEILL. v SEWING AND EMBRGIDERINGMACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 0OT.15, 190s.

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ll-I PATBNIED MAY 21, 1907.

T. O'NEILL.

APPLIOATION FILED 001315, 1906.

Witnesses I Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

THOMAS ONEILL, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF ROYALEMBROIDERY WORKS, OF NEW YORK,

OF NEW YORK.

TO N. Y., A CORPORATION SEWING AND EMBROIDEHING MACHINE.

To all whom, it may-concern:

Be. it known that I, THOMAS ONEILL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing in the'borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and Stateof New York, have invented an Improvement in Sewing and EmbroideringMachines, of which the following is'a specification- The object'I havein view is the production of a machine for sewing on embroidery, braid,chenille, cord, tape, gold braid, gold cord, appliqu, andornamentation'in general, with an invisible or blind stitch, which willbe superior 'to. those heretofore I constructed.

My invention also relates to means for sewing on embroidery of all kindsin a plurality of. rows, with the rows stitched together in addition tobeing stitched at the backing.

My invention further relates, to means for sewing on embroidery, braidand the like on its edge and in one or more rows.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 show a mechanism for carrying out myinvention, 2 5 and in which Figure l is an elevation of the head of aStein No. 1 universal sewing machine, showing one form of my inventionapplied thereto, Fig. 2 is a front view of the lower end of 0 the needlebar, with the invention applied, 'Fig. 3 is a section thereof takenatright angles to Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a top view of the nipple shown inFigs. 2 and 3, Fig. 5 is a top view of a modified form of the nippleshown 3 5 in Fig. 4, Fig, 6 is a sectional view of the nipple and work,showing another form ol" the invention, Figs. 7 the work as done withthe nipple shown in Fig. 4, F 9 and 1.0 are detailviews ol the work donewith the nipple shown in Fig. (5. Fig. ll is a side elevation ol thecomplete machine which is partially illustrated in Fig. 1.- Fig. 12 is afront view 01 a portion of the structure shown in Fig". 11., and Fig. 1345. is a detailed sectional view of part of the mechanism shown in Figs.11 and 12.

in all of the views,ilke parts are designated by the same relerencecharacters.

in carrying out my invention, i provide a sewing machine with anattachment for sewin; embroidery, braid and the like, on cloth with aninvisible or blind. zigzag stitch.

and 8 are detail views ol" The Specification of Letters Patent.Application filed 00 0 eri5, 1906. Serie1No. 338.919.

Patented May 21,1907.

embroidery or other material which is to be attached to the cloth, andpassing the needle through the bent portion in a manner similar to thatshown in the ordinary form of tailors blind stitch sewing machines, suchas have been on the market for many years, or as indicated in the patentofRobert Cornely, No. 798,878, dated September 5, 1905.

The needle is arranged to make a zigzag stitch through the embroidery orother material which is to be attached to the cloth. This stitch isobtained referably'by oscillating the needle and nee le support so thatthe stitching may be made alternately upon one side and the other of thecenter line. Where a plurality of rows of material is to be attached tothe cloth, they may be arranged side by side with a single rowoistitehing alternately enga ing with one row, ;and the other andthe-cloth, whereby the two rows will be not only secured to the clothbut to each other.

Where more than two rows are used, the stitch must be made so as to gofrom one row to the adjacent row, and then so on back and forth from theouter rows, so that all of the'rows will be joined together as well asto the cloth on which they are sewed.

In the drawings, Figs. 1, 1.1, 12 and 13 show the head of a No. 1 Steinuniversal sewing machine which works on the same principle as thatshown'in the patent to Adolphe V. Deshayes 462,858, dated November 10,1891, but with myimprovement applied thereto. In such a machine, withoutmy attachment, a zigzag stitch is made entirely through the embroideryor other material to be sewed to the cloth, so that the stitch shows andis not invisible. i

in Fig. 1, the driving shaft 1, through the agency of the earn 2,reciprocates the needlebar 3, which carries the needle 4. 'lhe needlebar is provided with a universal joint 5,

and is oscillated in the usual manner by means of a cam (i, which isactuated by the bell-crank lever 7, which engages with the earn 8, onthe counter-shalt 9, which is rotated throughgearing 10 from the drivingshaft 1. A cam block 11 restricts the nmvement of the bell crank lever.7and correspondingly limits the extent of oscillation ol the needle-barand needle. By changing the relation of the gears 10 and the cam 8, theoscillation of the blind stitching is secured by bending the needle-barcan be such that three or more rows of applied material may he sewedsimulcarried by the needle shaft 3.

the cam 49.

shaft 39 and has a squared portion 5.)

taneousl v,-thc stitch passing from one row of braid to the adjacent oneand back and forth from the outside rows. The nipple l2 so supportedupon the head of the machine that'it is elevated at the proper time topermit the feed of the cloth.

The usual cloth feeding mechanism is employed, to feed the cloth c uponthe table or plate 67. This mechanism operates as folows, it beingunderstood that this description is applied to the old and well knownNo. 1 Stein universal sewing machine: A crank 21, arranged so as to beconveniently actuated by the operator, turns a miter gear 22 whichmeshes with a miter gear 23 carried by the shaft 24. This shaft 24 has amiter gear 25 which meshes 'with a fourth miter ear 26 "on a shaft'27.One end of this shaft 27 is provided with a miter gear 28, whichintermeshes with a miter gear29, which revolves the usual shuttle aroundthe needle; the shuttle is mounted in the casing 30. The shuttle, is notshown, for its construction is too well known to need specificillustration. A miter gear 31 on the other end of the shaft 27 engageswith a miter gear 322, which is ear-' ried by the lower end of avertical shaft 33. A miter gear 34 on the upperend of the shaft 33intermeshes with the miter gear 35,'Which' is carried upon one end ofahorizontal shaft 36. The other end of this shaft is provided with amiter gear 37, which gear intermeshes with a miter gear 38, which ismounted upon thevcrtical tubular shaft 39. Within this tubular shaft theneedle shaft 3 reciprocates a fitting 40 for the shank of the nipple 12.A spur gear 4i is connected to turn with the miter gear 38, and is inengagement withii spur gear 42 on the lower end of a shaft 43 whichcarries a spur gear +1 on its upper end. Thisspur gear 4-! meshes witha'spur gear 45 The )rcsserfoot 46 is secured to the lower end ol anoscillating arm 47. The shaft 3!) has loosely -mounted upon it a sleevein. This sleeve is )rovided with a cum 4), said sleeve and cam icingvcrticaltv rcciprocatcd by being carried on a slide 50, which isrcciprocated bv the same mechanism which reciprocates wit 1 the needlebar. This mechanism includes a crank pin 5] on the disk '2 whichcngagcswith A lcvcr 52 is pivoted in a sleeve This sleeve is rigidlysecured to the which passes through an elongated rectangular opening ina. collar 5-1.. The lower end 55 of the lever 52 engages wit h thecollar 54, which collar is conneclcd to the oscillating arm 47: This arml-7 is pivoted at 56, and a guide 57 surrounds t he tubular shaft 39 andis )ivoted to the slide 58. ()ne'ai'ni 5!) of a bell crank lever whichis acted upon by the shaft 1 engagcswith the slide 58.

he other arm 60 of the bell crank lever 18 acted on by a cam (31,

performed. As shown in Figs; 2, 3 and 4, two rows of braid, a,'b aresimultaneously sewed upon the cloth 0. The nipple 12 has a b. Instead ofthe two slots 15,16, the separating partition may, be removed and a sin*le lon er slot provided, but this-is not desira le guided within thenipple, to secure the best results. feetlv vertical with its wallsparallel to the needle. The slots 15 and '16 are inc-lined. as shown inFig. 3. A'separating partition 17 out the depth of the slots. The widthof the rial which is being will-be noticed from and 16 connect with thepassage l-t mtermewidth of the passage 14 at the bottom is the the, top.Accordinglv the braid or embroider T (t and b passing through the slots15 and passage 14 which will be of such size as to make a snuglittherefor; 'lheneedle 4 being caused to oscillate as itis alternatelyraised and lowered will make alternate stitches in the rows of braid aand I), such stitch being of the zigzag sha )e shownin Figs. 7 and 8.The needle will pass longitmlinally through the braid, where the'latteris bent around the lower edge of the nipple so that the' stitching theright side of the goods.

so'that the material which is being attached to the cloth will beconfined at both the front. and rear. There will, therefore, be nopossi= far as to cause the needletopa's H v through the material andthereby expose the up the material and render the work valueless. Theapplied material aand b entering the nipple at the top, permits, it tobe't'ed with a minimum amount of friction, which cording to thecharacter of the work to be foot 13 containing a assage 14 for theneedle, and slots 15, 16 for t 1e braid or embroidery a,

The passage 14' is shown as peris 'loeated'between the passage 14 andthe slots 15 and 16, but does not extend through-- .diate the ends ofthe latter, and that the same as the widtliot the'slots l5 and 16 atwill be concealed and willl'no't be apparent on bility of the appliedmaterial being fed inso n r y I '1 stitchon the upper surface thereof,or pueker as t e two rows of braid should be separately slots l5.and 16is such as-to make a sn ug fit with, the embroidery or br id or othermate= appliec to the cloth. It; ig. 3, that the slots 15' 16 will passout at the bottom through the The rear wall 18 of the passage 14 extendsV down to the same level as the front wall 19';

would be impossible were the material to enter at the side. which wouldput another bend. in it above the place where it bends around the edge19.

The invention may be modified inv many ways for attaching materials indifferent manners. In Fig. 5, a single opening 20 is provided in thenipple for a single row of ma terial to be applied to the cloth. In thiscase, the needle will alternately engage with the underside of thematerial adjacent to its edges. In Fig. 6, is shown a mod ified form ofnipple for applying the material to the cl oth so that it will stand uon one edge, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. I ere the amount of osc-illation of the needle is reduced very much so that the zigzag is not sopronounced as before. It may be sulliciently great, however, toalternately engage with the under side of the applied material close toopposite edges. In this nipple the edge 19 must be cut away in order topermit the applied material to pass freely out of the ni ple. The edge18, however, is not removed so that a guide is formed for the bend ofthe material, in order to'prevent it ever getting out of the path of theneedle.

My invention may be employed in connection with all forms orornamentation of cloth for applying embroidery, a )pliqu, braid, stripsof the same goods or (ii 'l'erent goods, or anything in fact, to cloth.WVhero two or more rows are used, they Will be stitched togcthcr, and itis possible with this machine to stitch the rows of embroidery muchcloser to Y gether and in a much more neat manner than. is possiblcbyhand or by the ordinary sewing machine.

In accordance with the provisions of the 1 What manner the same is to beperformed, I declare that what I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

1. A sewing machine having-means for reciprocating the needle, means foroscillating the needle and means for maintaining a plurality of rows ofmaterial to be applied upon the cloth within the sphere of action of theneedle, and means for maintaining the material in a bent backwardposition so that the needle passes through the bent portion of thematerial and a blind zigzag stitch is pro duced. v

2. In an embroidering machine, the combination of means for attachingmaterial to a backing with a blind zig-zag stitch feeding mechanism, andmeans for varying the direc tion of feed of the machine at the will ofthe operator.

In an embroidering machine, the com:

bination of means for attaching a pluralit of rows of material to abacking with a b ind zigzag stitch feeding mechanism, and meal forvarying the direction of feed of the in chine at the will of theoperator. 4..An improved nipple for a sewing machine having a passagefor the needle and an inclined slott'or the material to be applied tothe cloth, the front wall of the needle passage extending down to alevel with its back wall. In a sewing machine, the combination with anipple having a passage therethrough, of a needle, and means forreciprocating and oscillating the needle, the said nipple also having aslottor the material to be applied to the cloth, the said passage beinginclined and open at its upper cnd'and communicating at its lower endwith. the needle passage, the

is merely illustrative and that the invcntion can. bc carried out in.other ways.

llaving now particularly described and as- 1 ccrtaincd the nature o'l'my HU'tllllUll, :tmllll.

width of the needle passage being such that the material to be appliedto the cloth may be freely but snugly incloscd therein.

'lhis slpecilication signed and witnessed this 8t llt a v of October,1906.

THOMAS ONEILL.

Witnesses: 'lncomnn II. ])YI :R,

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